The NCDC also disclosed on its official Twitter handle on Friday that there were now 7,734 active cases in the country. xIt added that death toll stands at 2,061 as no fatalities were reported while 19 new people were discharged from various isolation centre in the past 24 hours. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the number of new infections reported is lower than the 80 logged on Thursday. The NCDC said that the new cases were reported across eight states and the Federal Capital Territory. It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, had continued to coordinate the national response activities in the country.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2021 07:18 UTC